Critics say a proposed renewable energy rule that Florida utility regulators are considering would be one of the weakest in the nation.

The UN food agency cast doubt Tuesday on the potential of biofuels to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions while warning that their development threatens food security.

Brandon Knight entered the alternative energy engineering program at Lansing Community College in 2006 with an eye toward owning a business dedicated to developing solar panels, wind turbines and perhaps even ...

When a manufacturer offers a product in the market its main aim is to penetrate in the market as deeply and as widely as possible. In short he wants to make it available to the common man. Till now solar panels are quite expensive and have a long payback period. That fact contributes to its limited popularity. Solar panel manufacturers can reduce the costs of solar panels in many ways. They can use cheaper materials, they can reduce some ingredients used in solar panels, they can reduce the wear and tear during manufacturing or they can use lesser amount of ingredients without compromising on quality. (more…)

A U.N. agency on Tuesday called for an urgent review of agriculture and biofuel subsidies and trade barriers, saying their removal would increase opportunities for developing countries to take advantage of rising biofuel demand.

Imposing price controls and export bans prevents markets from adjusting and may prolong and deepen the food crisis, the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization said in a newly released report.

'Current policies tend to favor producers in some developed countries over producers in most developing countries,' FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf said. 'The challenge is to reduce or manage the risks while sharing the opportunities more widely.'

More than 1,000 experts and entrepreneurs gathered at an international conference on geothermal energy in Reno today - about 40% more than attended last year's conference.

Michigan has new laws that will require more electricity to come from renewable sources, raise residential rates, restrict competition among power companies and encourage energy efficiency.

It took several months for the state's Board of Public Utilities to decide which bidder would build the first wind farm off New Jersey's coast, and one of the first on the East Coast.

New targets to increase the use of renewable forms of energy have been announced by the First Minister.

There are many ways to generate electricity from biomass using thermo-chemical pathway. These include directly-fired or conventional steam approach, co-firing, pyrolysis and gasification. (more…)